Day 2

 We did pretty much the same things as yesterday. Ate breakfast and lunch watching television, rescued before Dad came home and just hung out at home. A few other things we did were playing in the snow

 

Such a Rachel picture

Samuel looks so sweet and so willing to get his picture taken without his brother here :)

They were playing so nice with each other

And the they played Guitar Hero ( for the third night in a row :) )

 And Rachel practiced the piano for 40 minutes! It's true (I watched the clock). She didn't practice the day before and I told her that she had to practice today and she said that she would make up for yesterday by practicing 40 minutes today. We maybe at a break through! :)

And finally, here are some extra pictures that I took today because I had my camera out

Rachel and Winnie

Rachel, Samuel and Winnie

Samuel and Winnie

And the three girls. I think this is really cute.

 

Day 2- also success. Day 3- bring it on :)

Note: Sorry about the weird spacing on this post. I don't know what blogger was doing...

Day 1

We ate lunch while watching a movie in the den (Shhhh! don't tell Dad... :) )

They rescued... when asked! (Wow)

 This is Samuel's idea of putting things away, put them on the stairs for people to trip over later...

Abigail thought she would be funny and eat upstairs (again, don't tell Mom or Dad...)

 And when Dad came home... clean! Clean table

 Clean counter

 No dishes in the sink (except the ones that must be washed by hand)

 No mess!

  They even put their dishes in the dish washer! (I think something happened to my real siblings...)

 What does all of this mean? It means a happy Dad and happy children!

Overall, it was a good day. No fights, no huge messes, and we are all still alive. That is what I call a good day. :)
 

Day 1- success. Day 2- we will have to see... :)

While Mom is away...

As most of you know, my mom is going to New York City for a few days to stay with our grandpa while he has surgery. This means that I will be with Abigail, Rachel and Samuel for most of the days (except Friday when Dad is working from home). Hopefully all goes well and we are still alive and the house is still standing on Sunday when she returns. Wish us luck!

Happy Halloween 2010

Samuel is showing off the spider he made at his halloween party at school. He had a great time doing crafts and playing games.

Samuel in the Annual Halloween parade at Council Rock.

Abigail the music note, Rachel the clown and Samuel Darth Vader. Also, the kids carved pumpkins are on display.

Rachel made a great clown. She even had a great clown voice.

Abigail Truck or Treating at church with her great friend BN.

Rachel Truck or Treating at church with her good friends KK and HG. Samuel was also having a great time.

Halloween night we stayed in, since it was on Sunday this year. We had fun decorting sugar cookies, watching a Halloween movie next to a warm fire. It was a nice quiet evening.

Samuel displaying his finished cookie.

Look Who Turned 13

Nathanael had is traditional pot roast, mashed potato and gravy dinner. His favorite!

He had vanilla cake with vanilla ice cream.

Nathanael opening is new Wii Game. It is Big Game Hunter 2010. It can't hurt to get some practice in before hunting season.

5K Race for the House of Mercy

Look what my family did last Saturday. Jonathan and Sarah ran in a 5K race. They had been training during the summer. I am so proud of them. They did a great job!!!

Abigail, Rachel and Samuel ran in a fun run.

First Day of School

10th Grade7th Grade

5th Grade

3rd GradeFirst Grade

Everyone had a good first day.
I even had a good day, with it being my first day alone all day in 16 years. I don't know where the time has gone. I feel like we are starting a new chapter in our family.